Police: Carencro childcare worker arrested for cruelty to juveniles
The Carencro Police Department was requested by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services to investigate an incident that took place at the Little Blessing Childcare and Pre-School.
Three charged in case of burned and neglected victim
St. Mary investigators accused in the case of a badly burned infirm person who waited four days for medical attention. --Trudy Marie Collins, 52, Jeanerette, was arrested at 7:31 p.m. Sept. 9 on a warrant alleging offenses affecting the health and safety of persons with infirmities (cruelty to the infirm) and failure...
Acadiana Kidcaster: Olivia Hollier
Olivia Hollier, who attends St. Genevieve Elementary, is this week's Acadiana Kidcaster. She says she wants to be an engineer when she grows up!
Opinion: Here’s some advice, taking care of yourself should be your top-priority
I was inspired this week to bring to all of you a topic that I was never able to conceptualize, but always felt lingering in the back of my mind. For once, my doomscrolling on TikTok has benefited the success of my extracurriculars. Since I saw a creator make a video titled “War On Pleasure.”
Acadiana’s Nina Charles Joins Food Network’s Spooky Baking Show
Carencro’s Nina Marie Charles competes on Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, battling bakers nationwide for $25K and the spooky champion title.
Former sheriff’s deputy killed in fiery head-on crash in Vermilion Parish
A Lafayette Parish man is dead after a fiery head-on collision Friday in Vermilion Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers identified the driver killed in the crash as 56-year-old Charles Levine of Youngsville. The other driver was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, according to police. Levine...
Bribery trial of Lafayette ADA enters second week; here’s what has happened so far.
The FBI investigation of Lafayette's 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office, dubbed Operation Cajun Hustle, started in July 2021 with a tip from a local defense attorney that his client was being extorted for $30,000 to make pending charges go away. The investigation, aided by phone wiretaps and audio and video...
Opelousas man charged with arson in connection with hospital fire
Gerald Bihm Jr., 21, of Opelousas is charged with aggravated arson.
Lafayette Police looking for suspects in series of store burglaries
Lafayette Police need your help in identifying the suspects in a series of thefts from a store in Lafayette.
Louisiana Man Dies After Truck Overturns in St. Martin Parish
Louisiana State Police report a tragic Hwy 31 crash that killed a 60-year-old man after his truck struck a building and overturned.
